Contents
Introduction
Part I: We Have to Talk about Liberating Minds as Well as Liberating Society
Chapter 1: “We Reject Pedestals, Queenhood, and Walking Ten Paces Behind:” Identity Politics, Interlocking Oppressions and the Historical and Political Trajectory of Black Women as Conscious Cultural Workers
Chapter 2: We Stay Woke: Artivism, Community Consciousness and Knowledge Building an Epistemic Insurgency
Chapter 3: Honoring “The Community That Names Me:” Crafting a Womanist Pedagogy
Part II: Counter-Stories of Black Women Conscious Cultural Workers as Teachers
Chapter 4: Empress Pam Grier, Spoken Word Poet, Essayist and Short-Story Writer
Chapter 5: Tarita Day, Poet and Slam Champion
Chapter 6: Macy, Poet, Host, Slam Champion and Drag Performer
Chapter 7: Shara Lee Hope, Photographer
Chapter 8: Pookie Jenkins, Collagist and Photographer
Chapter 9: Koda Cole-Li, Hip-Hopper and Poet
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author